112 BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS. 



Micropterus nhjrlcam Gill, Pro. Am. Asso. Adv. Sci. 



B. 70, 1873. 

 Mkropterm nigricans. Jordan, lud. Geol. Surv. 214, 



1874. 

 Micropterus nigricans Jordan, ^lan. Vert. E. U. S. 229, 



1876. 

 Micropterus nigricans Hallock, Sportsman's Gazetteer, 



273, 1877. (In part.) 

 1854 — Grijstes nohllls Agassiz, Am, Jour. Sci. Art, XVII, 



298. 

 Gnjstes nohllls Putnam, Bull. Miis. Comp. Zool. I, 6, 



1863. (Name only.) 

 1854 — Grijstes nvecenm Baird & Girard, Pro. Ac. Nat. Sci, 



Phil. VII, 25. 

 Dloplltes nuecensis Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. X, 



Fishes, 4, 1858. 

 Grydes nuecensis GiJnther, Cat. Fishes Brit. ]Mus. I, 



252, 1859. (Name only.) 

 Dloplltes nuecensis Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. II, 



3, 1859. 

 Dloplltes nuecoisls Vaillant & Bocourt, MSS. Miss. 



Sci. au Mexique, 1874. 

 Micropterus nuecensis Vaillant & Bocourt, IMiss. Sci. 



au Mexique : ined. 

 ISol—Gnjdes megadoma Garlick, Treat. Art. Prop. Fish, 108, 



1857. 

 1874 — Dloplltes treculii Vaillant & Bocourt, MSS. Miss. Sci. 



au Mexique, 1874. (Zoologie, ])t. IV, plate IV, f. 2. 



No description ; the species since identifieil by its 



authors Avith M. nnecensls.) 



• Etymoi,0(;y : SnhnolJes, trout-liko; salmon-liUe. 

 Habitat: Red River of the North to Florida; Virginia 

 to Mexico: introduced eastward. 



